WAYNE COUNTY, Pa. – An off-duty Pennsylvania police officer who stopped to help out at an accident scene was electrocuted when he accidentally touched fallen power lines, Pennsylvania state police in Honesdale said.

Daniel Lomax, 55, of Factoryville, Pa., stopped to aid a driver involved in a single-car accident around 3:10 a.m. on Sawmill Road in Salem Township. He died instantly after coming into contact with the power lines, police said.